Wadley, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Wadley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30477. It stands on Beaslys Branch. The Survey maps it on the Wadley quadrangle. 1,643 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 253 feet above sea level.
On record in Wadley
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Cunningham-Coleman Houselisted 1984
Population over time
2 figuresWadley fell from 2,061 to 1,643 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,061 | |
| 2020 | 1,643 | -418 (-20%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Wadley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dublin quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
190 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 190 fires within 5 miles of Wadley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 662 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 5 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 96 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-JEFFERSON-008 |
| 21 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-JEFFERSON-010 |
| 18 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-JEFFERSON-011 |
| 14 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-EMANUEL-018 |
| 13 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wadley in 16 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 14 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. The reports record 4 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadley | 4 hurt | The Jefferson County Emergency Manager reported trees down along Clarks Mill Road near and on East Railroad Street in Wadley. |
| September 2011 | Hail | Wadley | $45,000 | The public observed golf ball-sized hail just south of Wadley in the far southern part of the county. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadley | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew trees down on house. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadley | $7,000 | The 911 call center reported 7 trees down in Wadley, GA. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadley | $3,000 | The Jefferson County 911 Center reported that over a dozen trees were down across the eastern and southeastern part of the county. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadley | $3,000 | The Jefferson county 911 center reported that trees were knocked down on Moxley-Bartow Road. |
| January 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadley | $2,000 | The Georgia State Patrol reported that several trees were down on U.S. Highway 1 just wouth of Wadley. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadley | $2,000 | The Jefferson County 911 center reported that trees were down. |
| April 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadley | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down and there were power outages near Wadley. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadley | $1,500 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees southeast of Wadley. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadley | $1,000 | The Jefferson County 911 Center reported a tree blown down on North Main Street in Wadley. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadley | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadley | $250 | Law enforcement reported a tree down near Highway 1. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Wadley | - | An officer with the Wadley Police Department observed penny-sized hail in the Wadley area. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadley | - | The Jefferson county 911 center reported that a number of trees had been blown down. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadley | - | The Wadley Fire and Police Department reported that one tree was down. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cunningham Corner | 2.8 miles | 7 | |
| Moxley | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Bartow | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Pinetucky (historical) | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Pine Hill | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Aldreds | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Old Town | 6.0 miles | 7 | |
| Almira | 8.4 miles | 7 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Wadley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2701901 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356616. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





